Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Mergellus

Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MergellusSelby, 1840accepted genus name

Species group names

Mergus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: lille skallesluger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: nonnetje
 English: smew
 French: harle piette sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Zwergsäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Νανοπρίστης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: מרגון גמד sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: pesciaiola sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ミコアイサ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: mažasis dančiasnapis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: lappfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: lappfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: lappfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: bielaczek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: или белый гоголь (устар.); луток sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: mali žagar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: serreta chica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: salskrake sources: Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
 Turkish: sutlabi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Крех малий; Луток sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: lleian wen

Literature

basis of record

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232039

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e63e51f6-14fe-406a-99f9-5dc69c2a591d

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96549

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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